#Photo Gallery: West Bay Pictures

[weld el dafna]

Nice halawala & nihad

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taken by me four days ago! .

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[Halawala]

Excellent photos!!! I love the effects on the downtown area! =P

[Skyprince]

So average Qatari' homes are boxie white too ? Like whatever I saw in Oman.

[Qatar Son 333]

not really now you have many houses with so many colours.

[weld el dafna]

Westbay insides!!
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[Halawala]

I hate this road! LOOL Cause I use it everyday to work heehe

Lovely pic!

[weld el dafna]

loool, the same reason why i started to dislike the corniche XD
my daily headache!!

[חבר1.0]

Beautiful skyline! A 1000x nicer than Dubai's in my opinion. But for such a small city to be constructing so many skyscrapers all at the same time, will they actually be occupied? Or will they be like many of Dubai's towers which sit half-empty?

[Halawala]

Originally Posted by חבר1.0

Beautiful skyline! A 1000x nicer than Dubai's in my opinion. But for such a small city to be constructing so many skyscrapers all at the same time, will they actually be occupied? Or will they be like many of Dubai's towers which sit half-empty?

They will all be occupied. This thing is, most of them have JUST been completed, and thus are empty. Some towers have been empty for over a year now. :S

[Qatar Son 333]

Originally Posted by חבר1.0

Beautiful skyline! A 1000x nicer than Dubai's in my opinion. But for such a small city to be constructing so many skyscrapers all at the same time, will they actually be occupied? Or will they be like many of Dubai's towers which sit half-empty?

Doha becoming like dubai is a worst case scenario, but in reality it couldnt happen, towers are built slow and are used up (not empty) but on the other hand allot of small offices are being forced to move to westbay area instead of being located at residential areas.

[חבר1.0]

But I mean who are the people who are moving to these towers? Are they foreign companies that are opening up shop in Qatar? Local business that are moving to these towers? New, start-up local businesses? Sorry for all the questions, I am just curious how this all works.

[amrja]

Originally Posted by חבר1.0

But I mean who are the people who are moving to these towers? Are they foreign companies that are opening up shop in Qatar? Local business that are moving to these towers? New, start-up local businesses? Sorry for all the questions, I am just curious how this all works.

The towers have a wide range of uses. A lot of foreign and local companies have either built towers or leased/bought office space in West Bank, as have many banks, oil and gas companies, government ministries and public authorities, hotels, etc. A significant number of the towers are also residential.

Property in West Bay is still a bit overpriced. It's getting better, but most of the towers were built at the height of the construction boom, when the costs for construction materials for many projects shot right up. Prices used to be very high because of that rise in costs, but they are now coming down to more realistic levels as more towers are completed, and demand gets lower.

[Qatar Son 333]

Atleast there is CONSTRUCTION unlike dubai..

[Dubaiiscool:)]

Originally Posted by Qatar Son 333

Atleast there is CONSTRUCTION unlike dubai..

Construction is rebounding in Dubai and I would advise you to go and check it out.

I do agree that it has slowed but they started with the pentominium, infinity tower and some developments in Business Bay (the Opus etc....)

[Qatar Son 333]

yes i know but i was speaking about major project developments, (eg, Mall of arabia)..

[weld el dafna]

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westbay in early 1980's

[Koobideh]

Qatar is so beautiful!

[Qatar Son 333]

By Nick Mayer (Flickr)

[Qatar Son 333]

By alexcheek (Flickr)